međuslavenska zajednica

18. sentences with coordinate and subordinate clauses, writing commas

coordinate clauses

The clause has the coordinate relationship when it has the same information without any dependence to the other clause. Sentenceswithcoordinate clauses are createdeasilyby usingconjunctionsor articles between particular clauses. Here they are:

conjunctive

i
ni ... ni ...

and
neither ... nor ...

disjunctive

ili
i ili

(either) or
or (logically)

contradicted

no

but

causal

bo, zatožeda

because in order to/that

implicative

ače ..., pak ..., ili ...

if ..., then ..., else ...

examples:

Včera je byla velika zima, i my jesme ostali doma. = Yesterdaywasa bigcold, and we stayedhome.Budete li letieti samoletom, ili hočete iti autom? = Will You fly by a plane, or You do You want to go by a car?Jesme se učili Esperanto, no ne je byl to dobry jezyk. = We learned Esperanto, but it was not a good language.Učihom Esperanto, no ne bieše to dobry jezyk. = We learned Esperanto, but it was not a good language.Učime se govoriti Novoslovienski, bo hočeme razumiti Slovienom. = We learn to speak Neoslavonic, because we want to understand Slavic people.Hočeme, da imate dobre vreme! = We wantyou to havegood weather!Ače bude dobre vreme, pak ideme do prirody. = If there will be the good weather, then we will go to the countryside/nature.

subordinate clauses

Two clauses have the subordinate relationship when one clause (e.g. subordinate) has dependent content on the other clause (e.g. superordinate). This means, that the subordinate clauses cannot stand alonewithout theircontrolelements contained in superordinate clauses.

In Neoslavonic, the subordinate clause must begin by some referential grammatical element, which represents something from corresponding superordinate clause. This can be done by:

any interrogative pronoun, numeral or adverb (e.g. ktory, koliko, kogda, ...). Here the interrogative pronoun, numeral or adverb refers to some noun, numeral or adverb from the superordinate clause.

examples:

Govorim, že to ne jest dobre. = I say, that this is not good. (že→govorim)Kto jest tamtoj človiek, ktory imaje zelene auto? = Who is that man, who has a green car? (ktory→človiek)Ne hoču auto, v ktorem jest slaby motor. = I do not want a car,in which theengineis weak. (ktore→auto)Moj prijatel, jegože mlada žena tamo ide, jest bolestny. = My friend, whose young wife is going there, is sick. (jegože→prijatel)Ne znaju točno, koliko imajeme ljudij. = I do not know, how many people we have. (koliko→točno)Ideme do prirody, kogda je dobre vreme. = We will go to the countryside/nature, when there is the good weather. (kogda→do prirody)